Our team of experienced professionals

Board of Directors
  • Jean Zwahlen, former Ambassador and director General of the Swiss National Bank (Chairman)
  • Ernst A. Brugger, The Sustainability Forum Zürich (Vice-Chairman)
  • Melchior de Muralt, De Pury Pictet Turrettini (Treasurer)
  • Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui, Ignia and Accion
  • Bernd Balkenhol, Swiss Microfinance Platform and Social Finance Programme, ILO
  • Tatjana Darany, Fondation pour Genève
  • Marco Ferroni, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Pierre Landolt, Sandoz Family Foundation
  • Omar Qandeel, Summit Financial Services Limited
  • Mary Ellen Iskenderian, Women’s World Banking (t.b.c.)
Executive Committee of the Board
  • Jean Zwahlen, former Ambassador and Director General of the Swiss National Bank (Chairman)
  • Ernst A. Brugger, The Sustainability Forum Zürich (Vice-Chairman)
  • Melchior de Muralt, De Pury Pictet Turrettini (Treasurer)
  • Bernd Balkenhol, Swiss Microfinance Platform and Social Finance Programme, ILO
  • Tatjana Darany, Fondation pour Genève
Short CVs of our Board Members will be made available here soon.
Program Committee
  • Bernd Balkenhol, ILO
  • Edoardo Bazoberry, Prodem
  • Dana de Kanter
  • Jean-Philippe de Schrevel, Blue Orchard
  • Urs Egger, Swisscontact
  • Grzegorz Galusek, Microfinance Centre for CEE and NIS
  • Frank Grozel, UNCTAD
  • Kathryn Imboden, CGAP
  • Mirjam Schöning, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
  • Damian von Stauffenberg, MicroRate
  • Roshaneh Zafar, Kashf Foundation
Management
  • Roland Knorren, Chief Executive Officer (ad interim)
  • Pete Sparreboom, Program Director
  • Ariane Bory de Planta, Director External Relations
  • Katia Kerswell, Chief Operational Officer

Promoting inclusive financial markets

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